Japanese-style Horror & Modern Japan Pixel Art Assets

This is a collection of map chip assets that "scratches where it itches" for "Japanese-style horror" and "modern Japanese houses," which are rarely available. It includes numerous pixel art assets from the remake version of "The Forest of Drizzling Rain," featuring Showa-retro buildings, furniture, Japanese-style horror items, and convenient "tree" assets that can create a dense forest just by layering.

◆Contents of the three products

The assets are divided into the following three categories. Please use them for your game development.

<(1) Japanese-style Horror & Forest>

Includes items for old Japanese houses and plants that you'd want to use in Japanese-style horror works.

The "tree" assets, which can create a dense forest just by layering, are particularly easy to use.

<(2) Retro Village Exteriors>

Prepared with exteriors of old buildings such as tin-roofed sheds, allowing you to recreate a modern Japanese countryside village that seems to be a marginal village.

<(3) Western-style House & Modern Japanese Interiors>

A truly "scratches where it itches" map chip set with items commonly found in modern Japanese houses (※specifically, we're assuming Japanese houses that would have been newly built around the mid-1990s), such as radio cassette players, tissue boxes, system kitchens, and home appliances.

Western-style house assets are also included.

◆About these assets

These assets are the map materials that appeared in the remake version of "The Forest of Drizzling Rain" (※) released in November 2022. They were originally created from scratch for this work, and modifications are allowed. Please check the terms of use for details on usage.

・Japanese-style Horror & Forest

・Retro Village Exteriors

・Western-style House & Modern Japanese Interiors

Each is arranged on a single sheet as transparent PNG. They are based on 32x32 pixel squares.

Please refer to the sample images for the included content.

While these are pixel assets used in RPG Maker MZ, they are not tilesets. The assets are transparent PNGs, so when using them as tilesets, please feel free to cut out and layer them as you like. They can be used not only in RPG Maker but also in other game development software.

For editing, we recommend illustration editing software that can use layers and transparency functions.

(※) What is "The Forest of Drizzling Rain"?

It's a multi-ending horror game by MAKOTO SANADA (Stardust KRNKRN), who created the psycho-horror ADV "Angels of Death."

It's a work depicting a horror experience in a rural Japanese village in the 1990s. It was first released on "Freem!" in October 2013, and a remake version was released on Steam in November 2022. With the remake, the graphics and maps were completely renewed, and the pixel art assets sold on this page appear.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2106810/

◆Terms of Use

<Allowed>

・Can be used for both commercial and non-commercial purposes

・Can be used in adult-only works

・Modification and alteration of assets are allowed for game use purposes (however, secondary distribution to an unspecified number of people is prohibited even after modification or alteration)

<Not Allowed>

・Use in works that violate public order and morals is prohibited

・Use in works intended for defamation is prohibited

・Secondary distribution of these assets, or assets modified or altered from these, to an unspecified number of people is prohibited

<Other>

・Please resolve any issues that arise in games using these assets between the parties involved.

・Even if sales of these assets are discontinued, purchasers can continue to use the assets according to these terms.

◆FAQ

Q) Do I need to credit in the staff roll?

A) It's not necessary. If you want to include it, please list the product name "和風ホラー＆現代日本ドット素材."

Q) Can I use it in game works with violent depictions?

A) Violent depictions exist in most games, so it's not a problem. However, works that focus on violence itself as gore might be pointed out as violating public order and morals.

Q) Can I share the assets with team members in a collaborative production?

A) Of course, it's not a problem. Please be careful not to share in a way that would constitute secondary distribution to an unspecified number of people.

Q) The remake version of "The Forest of Drizzling Rain" was created with RPG Maker, but can these assets only be used with RPG Maker?

A) They can be used in any game.

Q) Can I use these when creating a fan game of "The Forest of Drizzling Rain"?

A) "The Forest of Drizzling Rain" explicitly allows various fan creations, so using these assets is not a problem.

Q) Can I use these for icons or as pixel art booths for online doujinshi sales events?

A) Yes, you can use them for these purposes.